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David Squires on… Lockdown at the Overlook Hotel

12 May 2020

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Monochrome cartoon illustration of a winding mountain road beside a cliff, with a car driving along the road. The title reads "Scenes from Lockdown at the Overlook Hotel".
Monochrome cartoon illustration of a winding mountain road beside a cliff, with a car driving along the road. The title reads "Scenes from Lockdown at the Overlook Hotel".
Cartoonist David Squires checks in with the Torrance family at their isolation retreat.

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